令 — kanji meaning “orders”
令
orders, laws, command, decree, good
- Meanings
- orders, laws, command, decree, good
- On'yomi
- レイ (rei)
- Kun'yomi
- —
- Name readings
- のり、りょう、れ
- Strokes
- 5
- School grade
- 4
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 2
- Newspaper frequency
- #804 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 9
- Chinese reading
- lìng, líng, lǐng — Chinese character page
Words with 令
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 命令 | めいれい meirei | order; command; decree |
| 法令 | ほうれい hourei | statute; law; act |
| 司令 | しれい shirei | command; commander; commandant |
| 指令 | しれい shirei | order; directive; instructions |
| 政令 | せいれい seirei | government ordinance; cabinet order |
| 令嬢 | れいじょう reijou | (your) daughter; young woman |
| 発令 | はつれい hatsurei | official announcement; proclamation; issuance (of an order, ordinance, or warning) |
| 省令 | しょうれい shourei | ministerial ordinance |
| 辞令 | じれい jirei | notice of personnel change (appointment, dismissal, etc.) |
| 令状 | れいじょう reijou | warrant; summons; written order |
| 号令 | ごうれい gourei | order (esp. to a number of people); command |
| 訓令 | くんれい kunrei | directive; instructions |
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